Nazi gold train: “Significant discovery” made in Walbrzych, Poland in search

A train thought to be full of lost Nazi gold is believed to have been unearthed in Poland. “The train is of a military nature – there is no mention of valuables, just military equipment”.

Poland has appealed to second world war buffs and rail enthusiasts to stop searching for a Nazi train believed to have lain undiscovered for 70 years and rumoured to carry treasure.

“I appeal to people looking for the train to stop until official proceedings to make the find safe have finished”, said Zuchowski.

The train reputedly went missing in 1945, at the end of World War II, when the Soviet Red Army was closing in on the forces of Nazi Germany.

Arkadiusz Grudzien, assistant to the mayor of Walbrzych, told CNN Thursday that the train has not yet been found – but that the claim by the two men had been passed to government level, to be studied by the defense, treasury, culture, and finance ministries.

Walbrzych Deputy Mayor Zygmunt Nowaczyk said Wednesday that the lawyers haven’t offered any proof of the alleged discovery.

Authorities say they believe they have located the train in the county of Wałbrzych, after they were tipped off by a German and a Pole who said last week that they had found it and expected a finder’s fee of 10%.

Speaking at a press conference, he said: “The city [of Walbrzych] is full of mysterious stories because of its history”. Towards the end of World War II, the Nazis built many military installations underground to protect them from Allied air raids.

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